Gergely Gulyás (born 21 September 1981) is a Hungarian

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, politician, the current Minister of the Prime Minister's Office since 2018. He is a member of the

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party and has been a

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(MP) since 2010.

Political career

Gulyás was first elected to the Országház in 2010. Gulyás was a deputy chairman of the Committee for Human Rights, Minorities, Civic and Religious Affairs of the

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.. In 2011, he participated in the formulation of the new Constitution, earning him criticism from the parliamentary opposition at the time. After several protests he said that "despite political debates we think it is an important value that for the first time, a freely elected parliament created the Basic Law". In October 2011 Gulyás co-wrote a bill, "lex Biszku", which aimed to hold citizens and law enforcement officials responsible for reprisals against demonstrators following the unrest of 1956. He stated during a news conference in October 2011 that the party's proposal for a solution was constitutional and in line with international law. In his second term, Gulyás was appointed Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly responsible for the Legislation on 6 May 2014. In his third term which coincided with the

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, Gulyás was named

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. In the

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, Gulyás retained his position.

Partisan positions

He was elected one of the four vice-presidents of the

party on 13 December 2015, holding the position until 29 September 2019. Gulyás became leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group on 2 October 2017, replacing

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Political stances

On 13 January 2023 while the

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was raging, Gulyás stated that Hungary would decline to allow the transit of

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tanks by

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countries to

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, "because it does not want to endanger ethnic Hungarians living in the Zakarpattia region of Ukraine." The Hungarian publication Hirado published a video of the press conference on its website. On 23 March 2023, Gulyas said that of the ICC arrest warrant for the

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: "We can refer to the Hungarian law and based on that we cannot arrest the Russian President... as the ICC's statute has not been promulgated in Hungary." He has further said that his

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has not "formed a stance" in relation to the ICC arrest warrant.

References

External links

Országgyűlés biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulyas, Gergely 1981 births Living people Hungarian jurists Fidesz politicians Government ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) Members of the fourth Orbán Government Politicians from Budapest Members of the fifth Orbán government Legislative deputy speakers